I'm in almost the exact same position. I've considered myself decent in front-end design and development but have had a strong desire to become more technical and proficient in programming and backend technologies so I could be a "one man shop" and prototype larger ideas. It's a tricky situation.
I ended up co-founding a company and we received grant money which enabled us us to bring on a CTO. I've learned a ton working side by side with him but still can't deploy a rails app easily on my own.
I would say you have two options. 1. Push through and spend some serious time teaching yourself what you need to. Take advantages of all of the resources easily available online and connect with friends who have experience in CS and are willing to help you through your problems or 2. Try to find someone who is technical but in the opposite position as you. They lack design and/or marketing/sales skills. Do NOT try to get them to work for you but instead work together so you can leverage each others strengths and improve each others weaknesses.
I ended up co-founding a company and we received grant money which enabled us us to bring on a CTO. I've learned a ton working side by side with him but still can't deploy a rails app easily on my own.
I would say you have two options. 1. Push through and spend some serious time teaching yourself what you need to. Take advantages of all of the resources easily available online and connect with friends who have experience in CS and are willing to help you through your problems or 2. Try to find someone who is technical but in the opposite position as you. They lack design and/or marketing/sales skills. Do NOT try to get them to work for you but instead work together so you can leverage each others strengths and improve each others weaknesses.
Good luck!